Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Pennsylvania

i was asked to testify against my former employer in a civil suit. they are being sued for copyright violations, they use copyrighted material for marketing, they deny this of course. i was the rep who used the material to market there service. i have all the copyrighted item with my former companys logo. i have every account it was used in. i kinda hold the smoking gun. if i agree to testify can i get paid? i would be considered a expert and have all the info to completly cause them to lose, the other company is asking 5-7 million and have a good case. this can really go both ways. my testomany would also lead to 11 counts of perjury against the ceo's. any advice ?


Asked on 8/31/09, 10:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

You will be considered a fact witness and unable to charge expert fees for your testimony. In order to charge expert fees, one side would have to retain you as an expert and it seems to me that would present an obvious conflict. You will be under oath and I would not advise withholding relevant documents or evidence of any kind.

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Answered on 9/09/09, 12:44 pm


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